LINGUIST List 8.1241

Fri Aug 29 1997

FYI: Ecuadorian Quichua Institute, BLS Sale

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

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  • FRANK SALOMOM, Upcoming Quichua Language Institute
  • Berkeley Linguistics Society, BLS Sale!

    Message 1: Upcoming Quichua Language Institute

     Date: Tue, 26 Aug 97 13:53:20 -0700
    From: FRANK SALOMOM <SALOMONfacstaff.wisc.edu>
    Subject: Upcoming Quichua Language Institute


    Could you please announce the following in the appropriate part of your excellent site THE LINGUIST? Thanks.



    University of Wisconsin-Madison Announces:

    SUMMER 1998 INSTITUTE IN ECUADORIAN QUICHUA

    The Latin American and Iberian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison-Madison will offer intensive instruction in Ecuadorian Quichua language and culture:

    An 8-week Title VI on-campus Summer Intensive Quechua Institute will run June 15-August 6, 1998. The language taught will be Quichua, or Runa Shimi as its speakers call it, the northern or Ecuadorian dialect of Quechua. Quechua is the most widely spoken Native American tongue, with speakers estimated at 11 million residing in five countries. The Institute will offer a limited number of FLAS fellowships to highly qualified applicants. Graduate students and persons whose professional development requires Andean expertise are encouraged to apply. The instructors will be Drs. Carmen Chuqumn, a native speaker of Imbabura Quichua, and Frank Salomon, of the Anthropology Department. Instruction will be based on materials developed at UW-Madison .

    Please request applications by FAXing, Emailing, or writing to Frank Salomon, 5240 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1393 (Email: fsalomonfacstaff.wisc.edu; FAX (608) 265-4216). The application has two parts: admission, and fellowship.

    The deadline for applications for admission is April 1 and notifications will be sent by late April.

    The deadline for fellowship applications is February 16. Forms can be sent to you by FAX within USA.

    Message 2: BLS Sale!

     Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:52:39 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Berkeley Linguistics Society <blssocrates.berkeley.edu>
    Subject: BLS Sale!


    BLS Inventory Reduction Sale Order before August 31, 1997 and save!*

    Until September 31, 1997 the following volumes of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society are available at HALF PRICE when you mention this offer!

    Volume: Parasession Topic: Discount Price: Individual: Institution: 8 (1982) $7 $10 9 (1983) $5 $7.50 11 (1985) Poetics, Metrics, and Prosody $7 $10 12 (1986) Semantic Typology $7 $10 13 (1987) Grammar and Cognition $7 $10 14 (1988) Grammaticalization $7 $10 16 (1990) Legacy of Grice $8 $10 17 (1991) The Grammar of Event Structure $8 $10

    Order 3 or more books and receive a free copy of the Author Index to Volumes 1-16S.

    Shipping/Handling charge: $2 per book within US, $2.50 per book outside US. Orders within California must additionally include appropriate sales tax.

    Send payment in the form of a check or money order to: Berkeley Linguistics Society, 2337 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2650.

    Also... Order a complete set of BLS Proceedings** by September 31, 1997 and receive a 30% discount when you mention this offer

    Price for Individuals....................was: $338.00, now: $236.60 Price for Institutions...................was: $472.00, now: $330.40 Plus free copy of the Author Index to Volumes 1-16S.

    Shipping/Handling charge for complete set: $25 within US, $35 outside US. Orders within California must additionally include appropriate sales tax.

    Send payment in the form of a check or money order to: Berkeley Linguistics Society, 2337 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2650.

    * Orders must be postmarked by August 31, 1997 and mention this offer. Please use the order form on the reverse of this sheet.

    **Current complete set includes volumes 1-22S, minus the soldout vol. 18S which will be reprinted when funds and storage space allow.

    For an order form, visit our web site at http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/lingdept/research/BLS/BLS.html, or e-mail us at blssocrates.berkeley.edu

    California Sales Tax 8.50% for residents of San Francisco County 8.25% for residents of Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, San Benito, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties 8.00% for residents of Santa Cruz county 7.75% for residents of Del Norte, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Madera, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, and Santa Barbara counties 7.50% for residents of Sonoma county 7.00% for residents of San Diego county 6.50% for residents of Monterey county 7.25% for all other California residents

    ORDERS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY PAYMENT Make checks and money orders payable to the Berkeley Linguistics Society

    http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/lingdept/research/BLS/BLS.html blssocrates.berkeley.edu

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